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I was not naturally intellectual, but somebody whose interest had to be whetted, still the case sadly.
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I wouldn't call myself a method actor, but I have my own method. I do my own research. I come up with a background for the character. I'm not a club man. I don't like isms. I've never really studied Stanislavski.
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Because I'm now successful, what I'm being offered as an actor is more and more of the same.
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I believe inanimate objects have a spirit.
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My next step must be to go to drama school. Well, I get into drama school, so I did that.
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I love touching. I always touch people.
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Peter Brook's 'Midsummer Night's Dream,' I remember seeing. That was pretty early on. And suddenly, I realized how theatrical Shakespeare is, how alive, how wonderful it is when it's opened up by a great director and a great company.
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I have played characters where I haven't been absorbed - you know, what I call a typical film leading man role where you just have to look gorgeous and be attractive and charming. It bores me. I like a bit of dirt, a bit of sand in the oyster.